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Visions 2023: Health care challenges mount—but so do opportunities

Sector plays long game in addressing staffing, budgeting, technology
December 29, 2022
Susan Stacey
The future of health care is one of transformation, which frankly, I am excited about. While we look ahead, we must also look back at the biggest trends shaping the years to come. The top health care headlines of 2022 cover many topics you've heard
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Visions 2023: DEI initiatives to evolve toward systemic change

'Day of reckoning' likely for some approaches to inclusion training
December 29, 2022
Kitara Johnson-Jones
I believe 2023 will be the year that jumpstarts the Great Awakening. Businesses are paying close attention to inflation, an unstable economy, and a looming recession. Leaders are demanding accountability for every dollar spent. This intense scrutiny will
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Visions 2023: Corporate giving expectations become more complex

Companies must do more than make big donations
December 29, 2022
Marty Dickinson
I'm not sure who has the superpower of predicting the future. I know it's not me. The world has seen other pandemics, and there's nothing new about social, economic, and environmental upheaval. But the collision of seemingly unrelated events
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Visions 2023: Real estate landscape shifts quickly in Spokane

Markets are changing but benefit from quality of life in Spokane area
December 29, 2022
Dave Black
It's amazing how fast things have changed in the real estate market, just in the last few months. The government money distributed during Covid, along with interdependent energy policy and supply chain issues, has created an inflationary environment in
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Visions 2023: Spokane's future will come quickly

What that future will look like depends on people, those who do, those we help
December 29, 2022
Paul Read
When Journal editor Linn Parish asked me to contribute to our Visions special edition, the first thing to come to mind for me was an old quote from columnist George Will. He said, 'The future has a way of arriving unannounced.”
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The Journal's Most Read Stories of 2022

Restaurant, retail news dominates list this year
December 28, 2022
Linn Parish
Three of the top 10 Most Read Stories of 2022 involve news about new restaurants, and a fourth involves a new entertainment venue that's expected to open next year.
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Greenstone Corp.

The Top 20 Spokane Business Stories of 2022

Major projects start; iconic firms change hands during year of economic shift
December 28, 2022
Linn Parish
In the Inland Northwest, business news involved more highlights than lowlights in 2022, despite challenges nationally and globally.
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Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business

Cowles subsidiary agrees to acquire Tri-Cities Journal, Senior Times

Transaction to be completed by year-end
December 27, 2022
Linn Parish
Mid-Columbia Media Inc., a subsidiary of Cowles Co., has agreed to acquire the assets of Tri Comp Inc., which publishes the Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business and the Senior Times newspapers.
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Guest Commentary: Economic uncertainty hasn't stopped retail spending this year

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December 15, 2022
Don Brunell
The good news is, despite higher prices, inflation, and safety concerns, more Christmas shoppers are browsing online and making in-store purchases. The National Retail Federation reported this year an estimated 166.3 million people visited stores from
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The Journal's View: Lean into opportunity, even when times get tough

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December 15, 2022
Staff Report
If you read the Journal's Economic Outlook, it doesn't sound like 2023 is going to include much in the way of glad tidings of comfort and joy. Forecasts in the late 2000s and early 2010s certainly were worse, but pre-pandemic prognostications were a
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